EMU police investigate business card 'advocating hate' found in library

Updated March 20, 2017 at 4:13 PM;Posted March 20, 2017 at 4:12 PM

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The Eastern Michigan University Police Department is investigating the who might have left behind a business card "advocating hate and racism" found Monday, March 20, inside in Halle Library. MLive file photo

YPSILANTI, MI - The Eastern Michigan University Police Department is investigating the who might have left behind a business card "advocating hate and racism" found Monday, March 20, inside Bruce T. Halle Library.

The card displays the words "Alt-Right" on one side, with "America was 90% white in 1950. It is now 60%." followed by "Make America Great Again," and "Trump is the first step. We're the next." There also are addresses to white nationalist websites provided at the bottom.

"I want to stress again, as I did last fall, that such attacks are hurtful to all of us in the campus community -- students, faculty and staff -- who work every day to make Eastern a welcoming and inclusive campus," Smith said in the email.

"These messages are not Eastern; they are not us. And they may not stop anytime soon, likely due to the actions of a few people who seek to divide our community and gain attention for their hateful messages," he added. "Indeed, these are polarizing times, calling for diligent work by all of us to further mutual understanding and support."

Smith noted that previous incidents of racist vandalism that took place this past fall on the EMU campus remain under investigation, with a $10,000 reward in effect for information in connection with those crimes.